It's must very hard uploading profil picture in steemit for the firs time, please make it easily...!
if you are usually use social media like facebook or tweeter, then be prepared to adapt~ to the difficulties of using steemit.
But, dont worry abaout that..! Here is the way you can upload on your profil pic for beginner like me. Just go to this link: http://www.steemitup.eu/ click on the button "upload more", than browse your image on your hardisk, click upload, copy your url. You can also post your article photo with the same way. Put the url-link on image icon.